Rick Adams

Rick Adams maintained B Newsfrom 1983 to 1989, when he declared the software was
obsolete. Adams was a highly influential figure in both the Usenet and
Internet communities. Adams recognized that the time and money of
maintaining Usenet was becoming overwhelming for site operators and,
in response, he founded UUNET in 1987. UUNET is one of the oldest,
and, until the mid-1990s, was the largest Internet service provider
in the world.